How to Use folk singer in a Sentence

folk singer

noun

• Not to be confused with the folk singer of the same name, this Jewel is a real gem.
  — Scottie Andrew, CNN, 25 Nov. 2021
• Paired with a bushy, untamed beard, the look is very '70s folk singer—only shinier.
  — Megan Gustashaw, GQ, 4 Feb. 2018
• All the folk singers on Bleecker Street learned their set from that album.
  — Robert Abele, Los Angeles Times, 19 June 2023
• The show starts at 7:30, with folk singer Patty Griffin as the opening act.
  — Sean P. Means, The Salt Lake Tribune, 30 July 2022
• His wife, Peng Liyuan, is a famous folk singer in China.
  — CNN, 20 Dec. 2021
• The raspy-voiced country-folk singer was a favorite of Bob Dylan.
  — Jonathan Wolfe, New York Times, 10 Apr. 2020
• The cause was liver cancer, said his daughter, Amy Fradon, a folk singer.
  — Harrison Smith, Washington Post, 18 Oct. 2019
• When Odetta, the folk singer and civil-rights activist, appeared on the show, Cash sang a duet with her.
  — Stephen Metcalf, The Atlantic, 7 Dec. 2021
• The shooting of a folk singer in a region north of Kabul contributed to such fears.
  — Compiled Democrat-Gazette Staff From Wire Reports, Arkansas Online, 30 Aug. 2021
• The shooting of a folk singer in a tense region north of Kabul was bound to contribute to such fears.
  — Anchorage Daily News, 29 Aug. 2021
• The American folk singer Tim Hardin nearly joined up at one point.
  — David Renard, New York Times, 12 June 2018
• At the canvassing event, Ryan was joined by Paul Simon, the legendary folk singer.
  — Andrew J. Tobias, cleveland, 24 Sep. 2022
• The outlet added that Edward Norton will join the movie's cast as folk singer Pete Seeger.
  — Tommy McArdle, Peoplemag, 26 Jan. 2024
• Barry is the kind of folk singer who writes about jumping trains and snorting methamphetamine.
  — John Adamian, courant.com, 23 June 2018
• Denyes is a folk singer and songwriter who writes songs that make children laugh, think, sing, dance, clap and stomp their feet.
  — Ramona Sentinel, 5 June 2019
• Simon launched his career in the late 1950s as a folk singer along with his childhood friend Art Garfunkel.
  — NBC News, 1 Apr. 2021
• The folk singer Joan Baez was invited to play a version of Guthrie’s song for those in attendance.
  — Jason Daley, Smithsonian, 28 Feb. 2018
• The tragedy took 29 seamen’s lives and was made famous by folk singer Gordon Lightfoot.
  — cleveland, 6 Nov. 2022
• His action sparked others, including folk singer Joni Mitchell, to do the same.
  — Anne Steele, WSJ, 31 Jan. 2022
• Cost is $5 for a boxed lunch, dessert, drink and the concert featuring local folk singer Jeff Varga.
  — Carol Kovach, cleveland, 13 Apr. 2021
• But Baez is still a folk singer and political activist at heart.
  — Emily St. Martin, Los Angeles Times, 24 Apr. 2023
• Eric Von Schmidt, another folk singer active at the time, once said.
  — New York Times, 19 May 2022
• After all, here was this folk singer who was flying into the top ten with a Louvin Brothers song.
  — Chuck Dauphin, Billboard, 6 Oct. 2017
• In My Own Time, a new documentary on the folk singer out October 1st.
  — Angie Martoccio, Rolling Stone, 16 Sep. 2021
• Maybe being a folk singer is what has been his long enduring legacy.
  — David Chiu, Forbes, 14 Sep. 2021
• So posits longtime New York folk singer Peter Stampfel in the form of his new ambitious recording project.
  — Chris Varias, The Enquirer, 19 Feb. 2021
• As folk singers and comics, the brothers conjured laughs and stirred controversy.
  — Emily Mae Czachor, CBS News, 27 Dec. 2023
• It's been nearly 40 years since folk singer-songwriter Harry Chapin died in a car crash on his way to a New York concert.
  — Gary Dinges, USA TODAY, 15 Oct. 2020
• This folk-rock treasure dates back to his days as a struggling folk singer playing the Troubadour in Hollywood.
  — Ed Masley, The Arizona Republic, 30 Mar. 2024
• After days of speculation that Chapman would join Combs on stage to play her classic 1988 song, the folk singer made a rare appearance at Sunday’s show for a simple yet deeply affecting performance.
  — Patrick Ryan, USA TODAY, 5 Feb. 2024

Last Updated: 14 Nov 2024